David Bauder
This image released by HBO shows promotional art for The Crime of the Century, a two-part documentary premiering May 10 on HBO. (HBO via AP) May 05, 2021 - 1:13 PM
NEW YORK - Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO s two-part documentary âThe Crime of the Centuryâ opens with a body bag.
It contained a man from San Diego â his remains carried away in the predawn hours after overdosing on fentanyl â one of nearly a half million Americans to die from opioid abuse since 2001.
Filmmaker Alex Gibney quickly widens the lens, however, for an explanation of how the drugs that caused the crisis came to be, how companies aggressively promoted and distributed them and how the government failed to act swiftly and effectively to save lives.
To Filmmaker Gibney, Opioid Crisis Is Crime of the Century – NBC Los Angeles
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To Filmmaker Gibney, Opioid Crisis Is Crime of the Century – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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